HCR 220 (Claims Preparation I: Clean Bills of Health) Week 1-9 Includes All DQs, Checkpoints, Exercises, Assignments, Capstone and Final WEEK 1Week One: Introduction to the Medical Billing ProcessCheckPoint: Features of Health PlansCheckPoint: Payment Methods PresentationAssignment: Steps in the Medical Billing ProcessWEEK 2Week Two: HIPAA and Medical RecordsDiscussion QuestionsCheckPoint: Medical Records Documentation and BillingWEEK 3Week Three: Patient Encounters and Billing InformationCheckpoint: Eligibility, Payment, and Billing ProceduresAssignment: Understanding the Patient Intake ProcessWEEK 4Week Four: Diagnostic Coding: Introduction to ICD-9-CMDiscussion QuestionsCheckPoint: Determining Diagnosis Code CategoriesWEEK 5Week Five: Procedural Coding: Introduction to CPTCheckPoint: Describing CPT Coding CategoriesExercise: Working with CPT ModifiersAssignment: Assigning Evaluation and Management (E/M) CodesWEEK 6Week Six: Procedural Coding: Introduction to HCPCSDiscussion QuestionsCheckPoint: Applying Level II HCPCS ModifiersWEEK 7Week Seven: Visit Charges and Complaint BillingCheckPoint: Errors and Compliance in CodingAssignment: Evaluating Compliance StrategiesWEEK 8Week Eight: Health Care Claim Preparation and TransmissionDiscussion QuestionsCheckPoint: Complete a CMS-1500 Claim FormWEEK 9Week Nine: Summarizing the Medical Billing ProcessCapstone CheckPointFinal Project: How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing ProcessĀ